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Deposit
Name
Date Range
Metres
Content
Business

25

Aberdare Cessnock Railway Ltd
Newcastle, NSW

1902-1914

1.35

Correspondence, agreements & financial records.

Railway, coal mining

Z678

William Adams & Company Ltd

1884-1984

2.50

Financial records, catalogues, photographs and publications.

Industrial equipment manufacturers

N46
Z535
Z667

Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd

1875-1994

36.83

Minutes, correspondence, subject files, registers of employees, financial & legal papers; general, fleet & share records; building & ship plans and photographs. Includes records of subsidiaries.

Shipping

N39 (pt)

African Mercantile Co. Ltd
London

1915-1961

0.90

Board minutes & photographs.

Wholesale trade

Z520

Alaric Holdings Pty Ltd

1974-1990

9.00

Complete records of a small family motel business.

Motel

44

Allen Taylor & Co. Ltd
Sydney

1896-1945

0.75

Letterbooks and financial records.

Timber

4

Alroy Downs Station
Barkly Tablelands, NT

1913-1937

0.13

Correspondence, diary and manager's reports, financial records and maps.

Pastoral

 

Alt's Beer & Wine & Spirit Co. see Resch’s Ltd

       

135

Arnotts Ltd

1899-1970

7.20

Correspondence, reports, financial and legal papers employee records & registers.

Biscuits, snack foods, containers

Z352 (pt)

Associated Foods Limited & Subsidiaries

1962-1982

0.40

Minutes of meetings, minutes of superannuation funds.

Food and beverages

N64

Auscattle Holding Pty Ltd

1913-1976

0.75

Records of constituents: Gulf Cattle Co., King Ranch Pastoral Co. Pty Ltd, Glenroy Pastoral Co., Brunette Downs (NT), Glenroy Pastoral Co. (WA). Acquired by Australian Agricultural Company in 1979.

Pastoral

 

Australian Agricultural Company Limited

       

1
114
117
118
131
167
 M32
M1
M28
M40
M41
M56
N64
N65
N75
Z241
Z629

Australian Office
*post-1976 records restricted

1824-1998

250.86
86 reels

All types of company records including despatches, reports, employment records, financial & office records, pastoral & coal mining operation records, land sale records, maps & plans. Includes Ivanhoe Grazing Co., James McLeish Estates Ltd, Connor, Doherty and Durack Pty Ltd.

Pastoral, Coal Mining

78
126
160
Z173

London Office

1824-1974

41.37

All types of company records including board minutes, despatches, correspondence, reports, financial & legal records. Includes AA & P Joint Holdings and Union Pastoral Investments Ltd records.

 

N17

Associated collections

1852-1996

0.15

Contains the Jessie Gregson collection including two illuminated addresses (1905), the Goonoo Goonoo collection including colour photographs (1995-1996) of Goonoo Goonoo, Tamworth and related papers and the William Young collection including a holograph letter by William Young to his brother in England, 1852.

 

Z415

Australian Aircraft & Engineering Co. Ltd

1922-1923

0.15

Correspondence.

Aircraft engineering

 

Australian Carrying and Shipping Co. see William McCulloch & Co.

       

28

Australian Coking & By-products Ltd
Newcastle, NSW

1909-1934

1.35

Minutes, correspondence, financial & legal records.  Associate of Australian Agricultural Company.

Coal by-products

 

Australian Estates Co. Ltd includes predecessors

     

Pastoral, sugar millers

5
M2
M87
*Z200
*Z249
*Z303 (pt)

Australian Office
*some records restricted

1886-1989

18.43

All types of company records including directors & shareholders minutes, registers, correspondence, accounts, annual, station & sugar estates reports, returns of pastoral companies acquired, photographs. Operational records of several stations. Annual reports of stations in NSW & Queensland.

 

N110 (pt)

Brisbane Office

1917-1929

1.00

Records of Warrong Station.

 

158
165

London Office

1884-1976

28.95

All types of company records including minutes, correspondence, legal & financial records, offices files & station reports. Includes records of subsidiaries and previous entities.

 
 

Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co. Ltd
*records restricted

     

Pastoral brokers & station owners

6
99
133
137
162
M3
N110
 Z177

Australian Offices

1856-1984

213.35

All types of company records including Head Office correspondence, reports & financial records, station returns, maps etc & some Brisbane and Townsville Office records. Includes records of subsidiaries & clients.

 

75
97
132
162 (pt)

London Office

1863-1971

10.07

Minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records, station reports and papers of early history of company etc. Includes Freehold Trust Co. of Australia Ltd and Australian Sheep Farms Ltd records.

 
 

Australian Power and Distribution Industries Pty Ltd see Peter Bros Wade and Allison Pty Ltd

       

Bagot, Shakes & Lewis Ltd see Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd

     

29

B. J. Ball & Co. Ltd
Sydney

1906-1957

0.15

Financial & sales records.

Wholesale paper

49

T. Beaumont & Sons
Melbourne

1917-1935

2.25

Ledgers.

Butchers

57

Bedggood & Co. Pty Ltd
Melbourne

1905-1953

1.35

Minutes, financial records, printed material & photographs.

Footwear

85

Beelbangera Vine Growers Cooperative Society Ltd
Griffith, NSW

1929-1943

0.30

Financial & sale records.

Distributors

Z343

Bishop Engineering Pty Ltd
Canberra

1941-1982

6.75

Correspondence & subject files, quotations & specifications, financial records, wages & salaries book, taxation records, press cuttings, plans, school notes, publications and plans.

Air-conditioning engineering

11
166
N53
Z382
Z317

The Bodalla Company Ltd 
Bodalla, NSW

See also Mort & Co.

1856-1989

32.45

All types of company records including minutes, correspondence, legal, financial, administrative and operational records, wage registers, tax records, land registers, maps & charts. Includes financial records of Bodalla Co-operative Cheese Society Ltd.

Dairying & cheese-making

 

Bovril Australian Estates Ltd see Victoria River Downs Station

     

M5
N138

Bowen & Pomeroy Pty Ltd
Melbourne

1905-1987

5.50
1 reel

Minutes, correspondence, legal and financial records, printed material & maps.

Timber

95
M37

British New Guinea Development Co. Ltd
London

1910-1948

0.6o
1 reel

Letter books, newspaper cuttings, financial records and printed material.

Plantation owners PNG

Z354

Brunette Downs Station
Northern Territory

1948-1976

3.15

Subject files, station diaries, financial records, records of wages and bore maintenance, maps & plans. Owned by AA Co. since 1979.

Pastoral

39

T. Brunton & Co. Pty Ltd
Melbourne

1888-1944

2.25

Financial records and mill returns.

Flour millers

108

Bukalong Station
Bombala NSW
*records restricted

1869-1968

0.45

Station records.

Pastoral

N115
Z385

Burns Philp & Co. Ltd

1884-1990

430.00

All types of company records including board minutes, correspondence, reports, legal & financial records, photographs, maps & plans, printed material etc. Includes records of head office, branches and subsidiaries.

Merchants, traders, shipping, travel & plantation owners

101

Canberra Publishing Co.

1936-1944

0.75

Minutes, correspondence and financial records.

Publishers

N47

Canberra Steam Laundry

1926-1975

2.70

Minutes, files & financial records. Includes records of constituent - Bel Air Dry Cleaning & Laundering Pty Ltd. Also records of accountant’s clients (see O. B. Ratford entry).

Laundry

 

Castlemaine Brewery & Wood Bros Newcastle see Tooth & Co. Ltd

   

7
M6

Cavan Station
Yass NSW

1838-1942

2.85

Station and personal correspondence and diary, financial and legal records.

Pastoral

47

Central Queensland Meat Export Co. Ltd  Rockhampton, Qld

1887-1895

0.15

Correspondence and miscellaneous material.

Meat export

N37

R W Chew
Canberra

1951-1980

3.00

Prescription books.

Pharmacy

69

Clarke & Barwood
Colac, Vic

1879-1930

21.75

Clients documents.

Solicitors

19

Clarke & Co.
Melbourne

1897-1941

1.00

Maps and plans.

Goldmining

93

Clifton Estate  
Young, NSW

1911-1914

0.15

Letterbooks.

Pastoral

 

Colonial Sugar Refining Co. Ltd  see CSR Ltd

       
 

Connor, Doherty and Durack Pty Ltd  see Australian Agricultural Company

   

92

Coolegong Station 
Young, NSW

1890-1908

0.15

Letterbooks.

Pastoral

72 
Z284

William Cooper & Nephews (Aust.) Ltd  
Sydney

1890-1960

35.55

Copies of minutes, correspondence, financial records, ephemera, printed material and photographs. Includes records of constituents: Australasian Sheep Dip Co. & others.

Sheep-dip

 

Cooper River Pastoral Co. Ltd see Rudolph Schmidt

       

51

Corona Station (GM & Co.)
Broken Hill, NSW

1883-1920

9.00

Station records of Corona, Gnalta and Packsaddle.

Pastoral

68
M4

Corona Station (AA Co.)
Longreach, Qld

1917-1945

0.15
1 reel

Photographs and newspaper cuttings. See also Australian Agricultural Company.

Pastoral

Z609

Council Management Services
Canberra
*records restricted until 2007

1981-2001

2.40

Records relating to management of the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia.

Management services

 

County Building & Investment Co. Ltd  see Newcastle & County Mutual Building Land & Investment Co. Ltd.

       

21  
P9

County of Bourke Permanent Building and Investment Society

1877-1924

2.25

Applications for Loans. Index cards containing information about loan application. See also the Modern Permanent Building and Investment Society.

Financial

 

CSR Limited (includes predecessors)
*records restricted

       

142
171
M85
M89
N74
Z109
Z275
Z303
Z336
Z364
Z598
Z601
Z636
Z637
Z638
Z643

Head Office, related companies, divisions and subsidiaries.

1847-1994

340.75
809 reels

All types of company records including: correspondence (letter books), operational reports, research, marketing and general records concerning sugar production in Australia and Fiji.  Records relate to all state and regional factories and offices and include wage & salary records. Photographs, an historical document collection, records of subsidiaries & some records of non-sugar interests are included. Includes records relating to all refineries and mills and records of predecessor companies & subsidiaries. Collection also includes some film and video material.

Sugar millers and refiners

Z409

Glanville Refinery, SA

1914-1991

0.75

Refinery Managers conference papers & production data reports.

 

N126
Z549

Goondi Mill, Qld

1884-1987

10.40

Correspondence, reports, inspection notes, letter books & photographs.

 

Z438

Hambledon Mill, Qld

1900-1990

14.85

Correspondence, operational reports, notes, lab tables, photographs, press cuttings, plans & wartime pay books.

 

N141

Macknade Mill, Qld

1905-1936

0.50

Press copy letterbooks, cane inspector reports & returns, register of farms under cane.

 

Z454

Pyrmont Refinery, Sydney

1918-1990

3.00

Reports, shift engineers log books, technical reports, CSR property plans, photographs, film & negatives, publications & plans.

 

Z395

Technical Field Department, Macknade Mill, Qld

1899-1979

12.45

Correspondence, reports, memoranda and working files and photographs & slides (chief technical officer).

 

Z626

CSR Ltd maps and plans (donated by Lend Lease)

 

39.50

Aperture cards and maps and plans of CSR properties and machinery.

 

Z642

CSR-related collection (private donations)

       

Z301

Peter Cullen Pty Ltd
*records restricted

1971-1987

18.45

Office and research files on various issues including the Union of Christmas Island Workers, Bionic Projects Pty Ltd, Comalco Ltd, and the No Base Campaign.

Lobbyist

Dalgety Australia Operations Ltd (includes predecessors), see also New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd

     

Pastoral agents & brokers

100/7

Adelaide Branch

1887-1966

11.25

Minutes, correspondence, reports and financial records. Also includes business and private records of E. W. van Senden (manager of branch 1900-1917).

 

139

Albury Branch

1886-1976

34.50

Correspondence, reports, staff records, plans and financial and legal records. Includes some financial records of Charles L. Griffiths & Co. and Riverina Wool, Hides and Produce Co.

 

100/10

Brisbane Branch

1892-1965

21.00

Correspondence, reports, conference & financial records. Also includes records of sub-branches & of Dalgety's Properties (Qld) Pty Ltd.

 

100/9

Charleville Sub-Branch

1915-1964

3.75

Correspondence and financial records.

 

100/2

Geelong Branch

1884-1967

99.00

Correspondence, financial & conference records & reports. Includes reports of Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth branches. Also records of sub-branches: Ballarat, Camperdown, Colac, Albury, Terang, Hamilton, Horsham, Lismore, Mortlake, Portland.

 

163

Head Office  (Australia)

1885-1976

1.50

Financial & legal records, reports & publications and publicity photographs.

 

Z153

Head Office & Branches

1858-1991

21.30

All types of records of departments & divisions in Head Office, general records for Branches including Brisbane, Melbourne, Horsham, London & Sydney and for related companies.  Photographs from the Publicity Dept., editorial records for Dalgety News.

 

151

Holbrook

1884-1951

0.15

Branch reports, memoranda & financial records.

 

N8
N39

London Office

1848-1972

49.69

All types of company records including minutes, correspondence and general company records. Includes records of constituents & subsidiaries. Also letterbook of Stuart Kinross & Co., Wellington, NZ.

 

100/8

Longreach Sub-Branch

1928-1962

0.45

Financial records, property and stock registers.

 

100/1
140
M43
M68

Melbourne Branch, Head Office (Australia) and Horsham

1843-1967

64.20

All types of company records including minutes, correspondence, financial, legal and departmental records and reports.

 

141

Narrandera and Leeton

1955-1974

8.85

Correspondence, financial records and reports.

 

100/3
M48

Perth Branch

1885-1969

113.85

All types of company records including minutes, correspondence and financial records of pastoral companies, departments, agents and associations. Includes index to managerial correspondence.

 

100/5

Rockhampton Branch

1898-1970

20.70

Correspondence, financial, reports and departmental and subsidiaries records.

 

100/4

Sydney Branch & Head Office (Australia)

1868-1987

39.45

Correspondence, legal and financial records. Records of departments & divisions in Head Office. General records of Sydney, Melbourne and for related companies.

 

100/6

Townsville Branch

1896-1963

8.55

Correspondence, financial records and reports.

 
 

John Danks & Son Pty Ltd

     

Builders & plumbers suppliers

34 
170

Head Office (Melbourne)

1873-1954

17.40

Minutes, correspondence, director’s reports, salary and wage records and financial records.

 

Z155

Sydney and Melbourne Offices

1888-1988

11.25

Salaries & wages books & ledgers.

 
 

Darks Ice & Cold Storage (Newcastle) see Australian Agricultural Company

       

30

David Bros Pty Ltd
Wollongong, NSW

1916-1941

1.20

Financial records.

Engineers

112
Z402

Davies and Baird Pty Ltd
Melbourne

1916-1971

20.85

Minutes, correspondence, financial records, wages and tax papers, share and Provident Fund records.

Iron & steel merchants

154
Z146

W Grant Davies & Co.

1907-1975

7.15

Station records, correspondence & office files relating to stations Athol, Mt Edinburgh and Malvern Hills near Blackall, Qld.

Pastoral

31 
Z407

Dunlop Rubber (Australia) Ltd

1890-1950

29.85

Memorandum & articles of association, prospectuses, share registers, correspondence of publicity officer, trade marks & patent records, financial records, advertising & printed material re products and bicycle and motor shoes, photographs.

Manufacturers

Z595

Economic Wool Producers Ltd

1967-1974

2.25

Annual reports, minutes, trade bulletins & catalogues, submissions, correspondence, financial papers & photographs.

Pastoral

 

Elder Smith & Co. Ltd

     

Stock & station agents

8

Head Office

1825-1953

99.12

All types of company records: minute books, correspondence, records of land sales, mortgages taxes and assessments; wool business records, staff records, financial records etc. Also includes records of Elders Metal and Mercantile Pty Ltd.

 

104

Head Office

1884-1969

0.30

Financial statements including directors reports. Chairman's addresses for the period 1884-1962, with some gaps, and historical material.

 

N102

Head Office

1879-1962

19.00

All types of company records: minutes, correspondence, financial records, subject files, printed material etc. Also records of Ladies Staff Welfare Fund, Provident & Guarantee Fund, Rifle & Rowing Clubs, Elders Wool & Produce Co.

 

M21

Head Office

1902-1941

4 reels

Shaer & securities registers and fixed deposit ledgers (1941).

 

Z220

Head Office

1914-1943

1.50

Pictorial material: photographs of staff members who served in the armed forces in World Wars I & II, staff building & company events photographs.

 

Z378

Head Office

1862-1967

4.05

Cashiers Instructions, financial records, and information sheets on freehold properties. Minute book containing minutes of partners: Cudmore, Swan & Co., Elder Pegler & Co., Milo Wilford Downs, Pastoral Co. Ltd, financial records. Also cash book for Orient Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.

 

89
N102 (pt)

London Office

1886-1962

4.20

Minute book of London Board (1927-1938), ledgers, journals and correspondence.

 

103

Perth Office

1903-1968

5.55

Salaries and wages books, financial records, share material, private code books and printed material. Also includes agenda record book of R. P. McInemey & Co. Ltd (1959-1960).

 

Z378 (pt)

Port Augusta

1894-1896

0.15

Letterbook.

 
 

Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Ltd

     

Stock & station agents

105
N106
Z593
Z662
Z703

Head Office, Adelaide

1963-1973

33.95

Correspondence (general, branch & station), annual reports and printed material, share registers, watercolours of office buildings.

 

N108

Melbourne Office

1963-1979

0.65

Press cuttings, company publications, ephemera (stickers) & photographs of wool stores, staff and those used in Teamwork.

 

130

Perth Office

1957-1968

5.55

Company publications Elders Weekly, Elders-GM Weekly.

 

Z657

Victoria/Riverina Office

1920-1990

8.55

‘Historical collection’ including photographs, certificates of registration, financial records, annual reports of predecessors, subsidiaries and branch offices.

 

14
Z632

Elmina and Ularunda Stations
Morven, Qld

1877-1971

11.25

Station records including wages books, ledgers and journals, work diaries, correspondence, financial records, station reports, stock returns, wool book, paddock book, correspondence of Norman Fletcher. After December 1922 records were produced by Baker Brothers partnership. Also included are some records of other Baker Bros stations in Queensland: Ashling, Gowrie, Lulworth, Tongy.

Pastoral

113

Eremeran Station
near Condobolin, NSW

1880-1965

11.40

Station records including financial records, correspondence, wages records, daybooks, returns to the Company's Head Office (Melbourne) and general stock and station records.

Pastoral

123

Evans Deakin Industries Ltd
Brisbane

1926-1970

0.15

Annual reports and balance sheets.

Engineers, shipbuilders

Z278

Farmers Grazcos Co-op Ltd
*records restricted

1917-1984

13.00

Minutes of the board & committee of reference, board papers, reports, annual reports, property reports, client wool registers, subject & staff files, photographs and records of predecessors: Grazcos Co-op Ltd & Farmers & Graziers Co-op Ltd. Also share register of Ray Bladwell & Co. Ltd.

Pastoral agency

12

David Fell & Co.
Melbourne

1866-1954

11.25

Clients records including minutes, correspondence, financial & share records, property registers, deed books, correspondence etc of Freehold Assets Co., Land Mortgage Bank of Victoria Ltd, Melbourne Land Trust Ltd, Coreena Pastoral Co., Mount Oxide Mines Ltd, Clondirisse Pastoral Co., Coolullah Co., Melbourne Hotels, Armstrong Whitworth Pty Ltd, National Portland Cement Ltd, Bailieu Family.

Accountants

Z462

Ford New Holland Pty Ltd  
Cranbourne, SA

1948-1992

22.95

Marketing Division records re the demonstration and sale of hay and harvesting equipment. Videos, tapes, films, publications and training course material.

Farm equipment & machinery manufacturing

63

Fort Bourke Station
near Bourke, NSW

1903-1947

0.15

Legal documents including agreements, crown grants, contracts & endorsements of transfers and policies.

Pastoral

107

Foxlow Station
Bungendore, NSW
*
records restricted

1886-1959

8.10

Station records including correspondence re station management, diaries, financial records, wages books (including shearers), studbooks, wool papers, stock and station papers, quarterly stock sheets, and maps.

Pastoral

N39 (pt)

Henry Franklin Ltd
Biggleswade, Bedfordshire

1934-1959

2 vols

Board minutes and share registers.

Flour miller and agricultural merchant

 

Freehold Trust Co. of Australia see Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co. Ltd

       
 

Friendly Societies

     

Health & welfare

Z87 (pt)
Z193

Ancient Order of Foresters
United Ballarat District & Victorian lodges

1860-1950

1.05

Minute books, reports, contributions books & other membership records, financial records and printed material.

 

Z194

Ballarat United Friendly Societies Medical Association & Dispensary

1861-1968

2.10

Minute books, financial records, doctor’s lists, stocks of drugs registers, prescriptions dispensed register, staff records and rules and regulations.

 

Z87 (pt)

Friendly Societies Council of Western Australia

1960-1982

0.15

Minutes (copies).

 

Z87

Grand United Order of Oddfellows, NSW & Victoria

1846-1983

14.10

Minute books, membership registers, returns, reports, correspondence, conference papers & reports, night books, illuminated address, photographs, financial records and printed material for individual lodges and branches. Includes general related material collected for a study of Friendly Societies in Australia.

 

Z87 (pt)
Z190
Z192
Z227
Z262
Z679

Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows
NSW and Victorian Lodges & Districts (County and Metropolitan)

1836-2000

187.65

Minute books, membership registers & books, correspondence, degrees books, night books, sick and funeral fund books, chemist and doctors lists, declarations of health, reports, ritual books, printed material and other general & financial records for individual districts and lodges.

 

Z87 (pt)

United Ancient Order of Druids

1902-1927

0.11

Ritual book and printed material.

 

N6

Glenrock Gundaroo and Kuriong Stations
Binalong, NSW

1913-1920, 1941-1946

0.14

Ledger, daybook and wool book for Glenrock Station (Gundaroo) also includes entries for Kuriong Station (Binalong), 1941-1946.

Pastoral

 

Gnalta Station see Corona Station

       

N45

Golden Cob Products Limited
Sydney

1933-1973

0.20

Minutes, wages records, correspondence and company papers.

Seed merchants

2
2A
2B 
M25
M39
N109

Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd
Head Office (Adelaide)
see also successor Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort

1853-1965

537.90
4 reels

All types of company and station records including minutes, board papers, reconstruction papers, staff records, general, branch and station correspondence, diaries, legal papers, wool papers, meteorological records, share and financial records, station returns and reports, client documents, papers and registers re land matters and maps. Also includes records of various wool associations and boards.

Pastoral brokers, agents

98

Adelaide Office

1914-1963

2.70

Minute books, correspondence, financial records and photographs. Includes records of preceding firm: Bagot, Shakes & Lewis Ltd.

 

88

London Office

1893-1948

1.05

Minute books, correspondence, legal and financial records.

 

106

Perth Office

1928-1963

2.70

Financial records, land registers and salary records.

 

N47 (pt)

Graziers Ltd 
ACT

1949-1966

0.10

Ledger, cash book, journal and share register.

Pastoral

56

Greenmount Syndicate
Portland, Victoria

1913-1940

0.30

Correspondence and financial records.

Investment

76

Griffith Co-operative Building Society Ltd

1937-1958

2.55

Minute books, register of members, correspondence, financial records and plans and specifications of buildings.

Financial

84

Griffith Producers Co-operative Co. Ltd

1922-1963

0.15

Rules, annual reports, balance sheets and ‘Brief History of the Griffith Producers Co-operative Co. Ltd’.

Rural co-operative

 

Charles L. Griffiths & Co. (Albury)  see Dalgety Australia Ltd

       

43

Griffiths Bros Pty Ltd

1890-1913

0.45

Minutes, staff records, registers of members & directors, register of mortgages and financial records.

Tea merchants

Z552

Gulson Pty Ltd
Goulburn, NSW

1925-1981

0.45

Financial and wage records, price lists, employee summary sheets.

Brickmakers

120
P31

J. F. Guthrie   
Geelong and Riverina

1893-1952

2.74

Company registration papers, personal and station correspondence, station returns, registers of quotations and sales, stock records, financial records and related papers. Includes papers and published material relating to the book A World History of Sheep and Wool by J.F. Guthrie (1959).

Pastoral

40

W. G. Hart & Son
Rochester, Victoria

1875-1944

0.60

Ledger, daybook, journal, catalogue of iron tools.

Blacksmiths

22

Haymarket Permanent Land, Building & Investment Co. Ltd
Sydney

1883-1946

0.60

Minute books of board of directors and general meetings.

Financial

90

Godfrey Hirst Pty Ltd  
Geelong, Vic

1875-1966

7.80

Minute books, registration documents, directors files, correspondence, papers re national security regulations, legal documents & deeds, financial records, photographs, trademark files, plans, printing plates and printed material. Also includes papers (manuscripts, galley proofs and illustrations) re novel by Ivan Southall The Weaver from Meltham.

Woollen manufacturer

N39 (pt)

Howland & Bus Ltd
London

1927-1962

1 vol

Board minutes.

Agricultural merchants

32
116
136
155
M55
N36
Z351
Z167

Humes Ltd (now Smorgon Consolidated Industries (SCI) Steel Limited). Includes subsidiaries.

1911-1988

228.95

All types of company records including minutes, financial records, reports, legal papers, office files, advertising material and correspondence.

Concrete and steel pipe fabrication

23

Intercolonial Investment, Land & Building Co. Ltd
Sydney

1885-1957

19.20

Annual reports, correspondence, financial records and maps.

Financial

 

Ivanhoe Grazing Co. see Australian Agricultural Company

       

16

Jandra and Wapweelah Stations
Bourke, NSW

1881-1940

2.70

Station records.

Pastoral

125

Jaques Bros Ltd
Melbourne

1896-1935

5.40

Financial and legal records.

Engineering

33

Johns & Waygood Ltd
Melbourne

1877-1941

7.20

Correspondence and financial records.

Engineering

Z207

The Journalists Club
Sydney

1910-1981

1.80

Minutes of directors and committees, membership records, photographs and cartoons.

Social/professional club

15

Kallara Station
Wilcannia, NSW

1876-1952

6.90

Station records and maps.

Pastoral

Z155 (pt)

J S Kidd & Co. Pty Ltd,  
acquired by John Danks

1960s

0.90

Financial and other records.

Builders and plumbers suppliers

67
80

Lake George Mines Pty Ltd
Captain's Flat, NSW

1920-1965

17.10

Minutes, correspondence, reports and arbitration records.

Mining

Z180 ( pt)

Lake Victoria Station
SA 

1881-1910

0.11

Diaries, financial records, correspondence, stores and daybooks & returns.

Pastoral

79

Laycock, Son & Co. Pty Ltd
Melbourne

1879-1953

10.35

Correspondence and financial records.

Bedding manufacturer

48

The Leviathan Ltd
Melbourne

1853-1961

0.45

Financial and legal records.

Clothing

71
77

Lincoln Mills (Aust.) Ltd
Melbourne

1922-1962

45.15

Minutes, correspondence and financial records.

Woollen spinners

Z418

Lindeman (Holdings) Ltd

1847-1987

84.15

All types of company records from the many divisions of the organisation which include administration, corporate affairs, finance, legal, marketing, personnel, technical, export & planning. Includes records of subsidiaries.

Winemaking & distribution

Z290

J S McClelland Pty Ltd
Melbourne

1900-1970

1.15

Wages and financial records, examples of printed work, reference material on printing industry.

Printers

M8

William McCulloch & Co. Ltd and Australian Carrying and Shipping Co. Ltd
Melbourne

1877-1891

1 reel

Minutes and annual reports.

Transport

Z448

McDowells Ltd
Sydney 

1895-1971

0.45

Minutes, incorporation records, financial material, daily trading registers, files, press cuttings and photographs.

Retailers

Z403

McEwans Ltd
Melbourne

1852-1986

25.00

Minutes, correspondence and financial records.

Hardware & timber merchants

35

John McIlwraith Industries Ltd

1853-1940

3.75

Minutes, correspondence and financial records.

Builders and plumbers supplies

Z376

McKillop & Sons Pty Ltd
Buddah Station, Narromine, NSW

1873-1989

4.60

Minutes, station diaries, files & correspondence, financial records, family histories & photographs.

Pastoral

102

R A McKillop & Co. Ltd
Cooma NSW

1904-1962

0.90

Correspondence and financial records.

Stock & station agents

 

James McLeish Estates Ltd see Australian Agricultural Company Ltd

       

73
134

Makower McBeath & Co. Ltd
Melbourne

1890-1948

1.20

Minutes, share registers and financial records.

Silk and textiles

74 
M30

Marcus Clark & Co. Ltd
Sydney

1902-1953

10.50
3 reels

Minutes, correspondence and financial records.

General retailers

Z386

Mauri Bros & Thompson Ltd

1896-1979

32.40

Minutes, correspondence and financial records for the parent companies, subsidiaries and related companies.

Manufacturing and distribution

Z577

Mercadool Station

1906-1991

1.4

Business records including agricultural census returns, rainfall charts, crop and stock returns, financial records and correspondence.

Pastoral

9

The Merchants Trust Ltd

1895-1922

0.90

Correspondence, annual reports and financial records.

Financial

Z346

Merryville Pty Ltd
Yass, NSW

1897-1983

0.60

Publications, papers of Sir Walter Merriman, index of workers & photographs.

Pastoral

91

Mirrool Wineries Co-operative Ltd
Griffith NSW

1937

0.15

Lease.

Distributors

60

Mitchell & Co. Pty Ltd
Melbourne

1891-1958

3.60

Minutes and financial records.

Farm equipment manufacturer

 

Mittagong Maltings see Tooth & Company Ltd

       

24
P9 (pt)

The Modern Permanent Building and Investment Society
Melbourne

1857-1953

5.85

Minutes, correspondence and financial records.

Financial

Z165

Morlynn Ceramics Pty Ltd
Melbourne

1913-1978

5.25

Minute books, financial and wages records, sales catalogues, share registers, agreements and staff benefit scheme papers.

Ceramics

13

Mort & Co.
Sydney

1849-1888

0.15

Records prior to formation of Goldsbrough Mort & Co. (see this entry also).

Pastoral

37

Mort's Dock & Engineering Co. Ltd 
Sydney

1873-1945

35.10

Correspondence, financial and legal records.

Engineering

N156

Moses Moss & Co.

1882-1930

0.15

Cash book of Louis Phillips, press cuttings, price lists, general correspondence, photographs of advertising images on billboards, buildings and window displays in various states including NSW, Victoria and WA and printed material.

General merchant and liquor trade agency

59

Mt Keira and Mt Kembla Collieries
NSW

1892-1945

2.40

Correspondence, annual reports and financial records.

Coal mining

Z180

Mount Wood Pastoral Company Pty Ltd
near Tibooburra NSW

1908-1973

2.10

Minutes, correspondence and subject files and financial records.

Pastoral

Nanango Station
Nanango Qld see Tarong Station

       

Z543

National Deposit Insurance Corporation Ltd
*records restricted

1984-1993

0.60

Memorandum and articles of association, reports, minutes, working files.

Insurance, building societies

102 (pt)

National Finance & Investment Co. Ltd

1936-1951

 

Articles of association, financial records and correspondence.

Financial

N146

National Public Administration Industry Training Advisory Body Ltd

1992-1997

 

Statutory records of the company, minutes of executive and board meetings, classified filing system re competency based training and standards and the general filing system (classified).

Training

20

Newcastle & County Mutual Building, Land and Investment Co. Ltd

1886-1973

15.30

Minutes, correspondence, and financial records.

Real estate and insurance

50
M9

Newcastle Building & Investment Co.

1870-1957

11.70
2 reels

Annual reports, share and financial records.

Financial

129

Newcastle Coal Ltd (Blair Athol)
Qld

1912-1929

0.15

Minutes and financial records.

Coal mining

27

Newcastle Coal Mining Co. Ltd
NSW

1876-1946

18.90

Minutes, financial records and correspondence.

Coal mining

 

New Zealand and Australian Land Co. including subsidiaries

     

Land development

N39 (pt)
Z153 (pt)

Head Office, Edinburgh Scotland

1876-1974

1.20

Memoranda, correspondence, legal records and printed material.

   

146
Z153 (pt)

Sydney Office

1885-1972

31.50

Australian head office, subsidiary company and station correspondence, minutes, returns & reports, lists of stockholders, land registers series, station maps & plans, financial records & legal documents. Western Lands resumption papers and records of pastoral companies acquired (Gunbar Pastoral Co. Pty Ltd, Freehold and Leasehold Lands Pty Ltd, Woorooma West Pastoral Co. Pty Ltd, Tchelery Pty Ltd).

   

Z705

Station Records

1960-1963

0.09

Photographic slides showing properties including Till Till Station, Balranald; Wingadee Station, Coonamble; Willandra Station, Hillston; and Oakwood Station, Charleville.

   
 

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd

     

Wool and agricultural wholesaler

 

110/1 
Z153 (pt)
163 (pt)

Australian Board

1896-1960

3.90

Minutes of meeting of the colonial committee and the Australian board. Includes minutes of New Zealand Land Association Limited.

   

110/3

Brisbane

1888-1961

49.20

Correspondence with & circulars from Australian Inspection Department (Melbourne), branches and clients. Correspondence with enclosures received from London office (1916-1917), financial records and stock transaction and transport records.

   

100/9

Charleville

1955-1962

0.05

Stock transactions register and rules.

 

110/2

Geelong

1919,
1954-1961

5.85

Correspondence, branch subject files, Wool Department records, financial records and printed material.

   

N19
N39 (pt)
Z153 (pt)

London

1890-1963

3.19

Minutes, records of Finance Committee, incorporation records, manuscript on wool and other commodities sold in London, lithograph.

   

110/7

Longreach

1921-1962

1.35

Annual reports, financial records, staff and stock returns, stock transaction register.

   

110/8
Z153 (pt)
M43

Melbourne & Australian Head Office

1880-1967

27.90
1 reel

Correspondence, reports, records of individual departments, premises records, staff and financial records. Gollin & Co. financial records.

   

110/5

Rockhampton

1884-1963

29.10

Correspondence, circulars, minutes, reports, clients records, wool & shipping records, staff and financial records, printed material, pamphlets and photographs.

   

110/4
163
N2
Z153 (pt)

Sydney

1889-1964

4.65

Correspondence, staff register, branch reports, legal papers, property & stock records, financial papers, analyses of wool clips, records of Employment, Produce and Sydney Offices, printed material and maps.

   

110/6

Townsville

1898-1962

9.00

Client’s documents (including deeds, correspondence & papers) stock & land transactions register, shipments register and financial records.

   

M10

Nockatunga Station
Thargomindah Qld

1873-1897

0.15

Microfilm copy of letterbook.

Pastoral

N39 (pt)

North British Australian Mortgage and Agency Corporation Ltd (proposed)

1881-1882

0.15

Minutes of provisional boards.

Financial

Z156

Northern Territory Land Co.

1882-1981

0.30

Annual reports, balance sheets and related papers.

Pastoral

Z203
Z223 (pt)

NSW Bottle Co. Pty Ltd

1908-1979

6.08

Minutes correspondence & subject files, financial, legal and staff records, advertising & supply literature, plans & papers of Tooheys Ltd. Minutes of Brewers Bottle Association (predecessor).

Bottle recovery & supply

 

NT Pastoral Co. Ltd  see Rudolph Schmidt

       

54

Nugget Pty Ltd

1919-1944

0.90

Financial & stock records, pension fund accounts and radio program popularity survey (1944).

Shoe polish

Packsaddle Station see Corona Station

       

70

Paddle Brothers Pty Ltd
Melbourne

1911-1947

4.05

Minutes, records of incorporation, correspondence, staff and financial records, photographs.

Shoe manufacturers

N39 (pt)

Samuel Page & Son Ltd
London

1910-1961

4 vols

Board minutes, share registers, and private ledger.

Food wholesaler

Z361

Parbury Henty and Company Pty Ltd

1863-1970

0.75

Correspondence, telegrams, accounts, letterbook, and legal documents.

Importer & trader

53

Paroo Pastoral Co.
Warrego District, Qld 

1924-1960

0.45

Minutes, share and financial papers and pastoral inspectors reports (1950-1958). See also Australian Mercantile Land &Finance Co. Ltd (133/57-67).

Pastoral

26

James Paterson & Co. Pty
Melbourne

1902

1.80

Private ledgers and cashbook.

Shipping

 

Paterson, Laing & Bruce
Melbourne

     

Clothing manufacturer and wholesaler

38
82
86
N29 (pt)

Head Office (Melbourne)

1854-1975

10.50

All types of company records including minute books, incorporation records, correspondence, wool shipment papers, colonial share registers, staff, legal and financial records, property records, plans, memorabilia, printed material & pamphlets. Includes minute book of staff insurance scheme (1920-1930) and Staff Superannuation Plan Provident Fund. See also Robert Reid & Co.

 

96

London Office

1878-1950

0.34

Deeds, agreements and legal papers. Includes papers re formation of new company under name Paterson Laing and Bruce (1901).

 

46

Pearson Rowe, Smith & Company Pty Ltd     Melbourne

1884-1939

0.90

Registers of property to be sold or leased and financial records. Includes papers re acquisition of company by Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd (1936-1939).

Stock and station agents

 

Peel River Land & Mineral Co. Ltd

     

Pastoral

1 (pt) 
115
121 
128 
169  
Z241 (pt)

Australian Office
 

1855-1960

27.90

All types of company and station records including correspondence, despatches, reports, annual reports, financial records, stock and station records, staff records, operational records, photographs, maps, printed material.

 

78 (pt) 
127
161  
169
Z173 (pt)

London Office 
 

1853-1960

18.74

All types of company and station records including minutes, despatches, correspondence, reports, annual reports, station records, registers, legal papers, monthly station reports,  incorporation, financial and office records. 

   

Z352 (pt)

Penfolds Wines Australia Ltd and subsidiaries

1941-1980

0.45

Minutes of meetings and directors reports.

Wine-making

N39 (pt)

Geo H Penny & Co. Ltd
London

1948-1963

3 vols

Board minutes, private register.

Wholesale traders

N149
Z532

Peters Bros, Wade & Allison Pty Ltd

1914-1991

19.65

Full range of company records including minutes, board papers, incorporation papers, correspondence, reports, records of superannuation and retirement fund, working files, legal and financial records, patent files, photographs, plans and printed material. Includes records of Australian Electrical Manufacturers Association & its predecessors.

Electrical

Z600

Pioneer International Ltd

1959-1999

2.55

Company annual reports, working files of Corporate Affairs, press releases, photographic library files (photographs, negatives etc) and printed material.

Concrete manufacturers

10 
N32

Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd
Sydney

1888-1972

7.00

Annual reports, minutes, security and share registers, employee records, wool  & produce records and financial papers and printed material.

Stock & station agents & wool brokers

Z163 (pt)

Plummer’s Somerville Joinery & Timber Mills Pty Ltd

1947-1961

0.30

Minutes of directors meetings and financial records.

Joinery and timber mill

 

Price Maurice & Co.  see Elder Smith & Co. Ltd

       

Z352 (pt)

Producers Co-operative Distributing Society Ltd / P.D.S Co-operative Ltd / P.D.S Rural Products Ltd

1972-1982

0.90

Minutes of meetings & meeting papers.

Rural co-operative

18

A B Pursell & Sons Pty Ltd
Sydney
*records restricted

1891-1949

12.60

Correspondence, financial records. Includes papers concerning marine matters, sales of land, insurance, Whitstable Electric Co., YMCA, and Medway Syndicate. Papers re Hordern fire (1901), and business and personal papers of A B Pursell.

Insurance

M11

Registrar-General's Office of NSW

1878-1904

0.15

Company registrations, NSW (microform).

Company registration

M12

Registrar of Friendly Societies of NSW

1839-1915

0.15

Register of friendly societies and chronological register of documents lodged by the societies (microform).

Society registration

81
143
N29 (pt) 
Z229

Robert Reid Pty Ltd

1879-1972

35.17

All types of company records and records of related companies included minute books, annual reports, reports, records of incorporation, operational records, correspondence, records of staff and photographs, posters and printed material. Includes records relating to formation and failure of Reid Murray Holdings Ltd. See also Paterson, Laing & Bruce.

Clothing wholesaler

M88
M89
N139

Resch’s Ltd

1888-1930

8.00

Minutes, correspondence, reports, brewing books and diaries, office files, property (hotels) register, plans, memorabilia.  Also ledger of Alts Beer, Wine & Spirit Co. (1888-1895).

Brewing

 

Riverina Wool, Hides and Produce Company see Dalgety Australia Ltd

       
 

Rockhampton Downs Pastoral Co. Ltd see Rudolf Schmidt

     

66

Rosenstamm Pty Ltd
Perth

1895-1947

3.30

Wages books and financial records.

Grindery

65

H. Saltau & Sons
Melbourne and Warrnambool, Vic

1907

0.15

Letterbooks.

Farm produce

17

Rudolph Schmidt
Qld, NT, WA

1923-1953

0.60

Minutes and financial records of Rockhampton Downs Pastoral Co. Ltd. Financial records of the NT Pastoral Co. Ltd and Cooper River Pastoral Co. Ltd. Includes papers relating to Schmidt properties including the above and Argyle Station, Auvergne Station and Ivanhoe Station.

Pastoral

Z153 (pt)

Schute, Bell & Badgery Ltd

1934-1974

0.05

Financial and share records.

Pastoral

Z707

Scottish Australian Investment Company

1840-1881

0.36

Directors’ Reports, minute book, contracts

Financial  Services

 

64
Z404

H B Selby & Co. Pty Ltd
Melbourne

1889-1994

15.08

Minute books, correspondence, reports, legal & financial records, file series (history, statistical & subject), wage books, price and stock books, cost cards, catalogues and other publications, photographs and history.

Scientific instruments

 

Z555

Sharpe Brothers
NSW, Vic, Qld and NZ

1917-1972

3.60

Minutes, diaries (transcriptions), weekly report sheets, correspondence and financial records.

Cordial manufacturers

 

N39 (pt)

W Smith & Son (Dickleburgh) Ltd
Norfolk

1942-1965

0.15

Board minutes.

Millers and agricultural wholesalers

 

N39 (pt)

W A Sparrow & Co. Ltd
London and Liverpool

1920-1964

5 vols

Board minutes, minutes of general meetings.

Wholesalers

 


N104

Squatting Investment Co. Ltd
Melbourne

1875-1973

17.00

Minute books, correspondence, subject files, financial and station records (main stations include: Thurlugoona, Cunnamulla Qld; Quantambone, Brewarringa NSW; Tondeburine, Gulargambone NSW). Includes the Atlas of Bundaleer Plains and Tatala Properties (1878).

Pastoral

N142

States Trust & Investments Co. Pty Ltd / States Investments Pty Ltd
New Zealand and Canberra

1931-1988

1.00

Director’s minutes, financial records, share registers, incorporation records, correspondence & reports.

Investment

Z661

Sugar Australia see also CSR Ltd

1902–1991

36.50

Technical and production data – all refineries.

Sugar millers

83
144

Sydney Meat Preserving Co. Ltd

1870-1973

21.03

Minute books, director’s reports, correspondence, share records, legal and arbitration papers, financial records, photographs, printed material, maps and plans.

Meat products

M60
P86

Tarong and Nanango Stations
Nanango, Qld

1843-1899

0.15

Diary, correspondence, subject files and financial records.

Pastoral

N39 (pt)

Taylor Bros (Smithfield) Ltd
London

1933-1958

0.15

Board minutes.

Meat wholesalers

M13

Titles Office (Company Section)
Victoria

1853-1949

0.45

Indexes to companies registered (microform).

Company registrations

N20 
N50 
N60 
N60SR 
Z136
Z204 
Z223
Z323
Z352

Tooth & Company Ltd
Sydney

1841-1985

973.15

Full range of company records including the share registers, board minutes, records of NSW hotels & mineral water production, securities books, property office & managers files, managerial, financial & operational records of brewing, industrial & wages records, staff records, executive officers files, pictorial & historical material, a book collection, records of early brewing companies & companies acquired c1970.

Brewers, hotels

Z608

Tower Software Engineering Pty Ltd
Canberra
*records restricted

1986-1993

7.50

Financial and personnel records, customer and marketing files.

Software

94 
M36 
M52
Z214

Trust & Agency Co. of Australasia

1860-1977

3.30

Minutes of annual general meetings, board minutes, minutes of directors meetings, registers of mortgages, registers of members, agreements, corporate papers, register of seals, printed annual reports and accounts, financial and accounting records and share registers.

Financial

14

Ularunda and Elmina Stations
Morven, Qld

1877-1955

9.90

Station records including wages books, ledgers and journals, work diaries, correspondence, financial records, station reports, stock returns, wool book, paddock book, correspondence of Norman Fletcher.

Pastoral

N163

Unilever Australasia
Sydney

1873-2002

8.0

Minutes, correspondence, financial records, photographs, printed material, price lists, and plans. Includes small quantities of records of associated companies: J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd, WH Burford and Son Ltd, Lever Brothers Pty Ltd, Rexona Pty Ltd, Rosella Foods Pty Ltd, Neptune Oil Company, Commonwealth Copra Company Ltd and Levers Pacific Plantations Ltd.

anufacturer

Z231

University Pre-school and Child Care Centre Inc  (ANU)

1967-1984

0.15

Minutes of committee of management and annual general meetings.

Child care

52

Urangeline Station
near Albury NSW

1884-1939

13.50

Station records including notebooks, reports, wage records, stock returns, papers re land sales and improvements, correspondence, legal and financial records.

Pastoral

M27

Valley of Lagoons Station
Charters Towers, Qld

1862-1868

1 reel

Letters and papers of Manager Colonel J Scott.

Pastoral

42
87
119

Victoria River Downs Station
Northern Territory

1857,
1909-1964

10.65

Station records including correspondence, legal and sales papers, reports, daybooks, wage records, diaries, returns, financial records and maps. See also Goldsbrough Mort & Co. and Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co.

Pastoral

Wapweelah Station see Jandra Station

       
 

Warrah Station, Willow Tree, NSW, see Australian Agricultural Co. Ltd

       

122

Western Assurance Company
Melbourne

1938-1955

1.50

Correspondence, agency application forms, financial records and statistical returns.

Insurance

153

W H Wiles
Sydney

1950-1968

0.60

Wages book and financial records.

Electrical contractors & retailers

41

Wollongong Gaslight Co. Ltd

1911-1950

0.15

Memorandum & articles of association and minute books.

Gas producers

Z529

Brian Woodlands Pharmacy
Canberra
*records restricted

 

5.40

Prescription books.

Pharmacy

Z163

J Wright & Sons

1860-1997

6.60

Minutes, correspondence re property & buildings, purchase register & books, financial records, shipping, stock, wages and staff books and records of subsidiaries.

Timber merchants

N113

Wright Heaton and Company Limited

1869-1982

1.84

Incorporation records, minute books, annual reports, provident fund records, photographs, posters, press cuttings, printed material, legal papers and 'historical' file series. Includes minutes of Wright Heaton Rural Pty Ltd, Wright Heaton Stores Pty Ltd and Wright McCulloch Pty Ltd.

General merchants

Z423

Yarras Mill
Wauchope, NSW

1955-1988

0.30

History of the sawmill, press cuttings & photographs.

Saw milling

N105

Younghusband Limited

1889-1971

1.45

Wage and financial records, newspaper cuttings, oil painting, photographs, minutes of trustee meetings & other records of staff provident fund.

Stock and station agents & wool brokers